Preparing the Computer For Installation

Speakerphone Modem

•Telephone answering machine (TAM)

•Caller ID

•Distinctive ring

•Full-duplex speakerphone

You can check which modem you have by selecting Start->Settings->Control Panel, and then double click on the Modems icon. The modem name will appear in the Modem Properties window.

2 Preparing the Computer For Installation

To ensure problem-free installation ensure that an unused COM port is available. The SM56 install program interrogates lower COM ports (below COM 5) and installs the modem on the first available and unused port. Although the SM56 functions perfectly on any available COM port, some communications applications may not be able to use the modem if it gets installed above COM 4. Refer to the Troubleshooting section in this document for information on how to force the modem onto a COM port below COM 5 after install is complete.

3 Installing The Modem Hardware

1.Power down the computer.

2.Locate the connector (AC-Link, CNR, PCI. Mini PCI, etc.) on the motherboard, and carefully insert the SM56 modem board.

3.Connect the Wall jack on the modem board to an analog phone jack using an RJ-11 phone cable. If your modem board also has a telephone handset jack, make sure to not plug the telephone line into that jack. The jacks will be labeled with a little icon and/or text indicating which is which.

4.Power ON the computer.

Important: When using the SM56 modem, or any modem for that matter, you should always connect the modem line input to a direct analog telephone line. This will maximize modem performance by avoiding any problems introduced by internal PBX systems, etc.

4Installing the Modem on Windows 98, Millennium, Windows 2000 and Windows XP

(Note : The Install Wizard may vary slightly with different versions of the OS and different service packs)

On starting Windows for the first time after installing the modem Plug and Play (PnP) detects the new hardware and begins an install wizard for the modem. The modem is detected as a new PCI